Biography and the Black Atlantic

Biography and the Black Atlantic
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-13 : 9780812245462
ISBN-10 : 0812245466
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Book Synopsis Biography and the Black Atlantic by : Lisa A. Lindsay

Download or read book Biography and the Black Atlantic written by Lisa A. Lindsay and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading historians reflect on the recent biographical turn in studies of slavery and the modern African diaspora. This collection presents vivid glimpses into the lives of remarkable enslaved and formerly enslaved people who moved, struggled, and endured in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world.


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